West's Tanya Meyer, right , battles for a rebound with Lawton-Bronson's Anna Dreessen, left, and Makenzi Miene during basketball action at West High Tuesday, November 26, 2013. (Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal)

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New Blockbuster Map Pack Raises the Bar with Five
New Maps, an All-Star Cast, and an All-New Zombie Music Track from
Avenged Sevenfold

Santa Monica, CA – May 3, 2011 – Call of Duty: Black Ops is set
for a second strike on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network with
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Escalation, the newest content pack, now
available for download worldwide.

With 2 billion hours played and counting, Call of Duty: Black
Ops consistently draws millions of gamers around the world online
every day. Escalation’s four new multiplayer maps and unprecedented
Zombie experience, featuring famed director George A. Romero,
Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Rooker and Danny
Trejo, and an original music track from Avenged Sevenfold titled
“Not Ready to Die,” will continue this global phenomenon.

The Escalation content pack’s new multiplayer maps include:

· "Hotel," where players battle it out on the roof of a Cuban
luxury hotel and casino against the vivid backdrop of old
Havana

Santa Monica, CA – March 2, 2011 – The thrilling mission from
Call of Duty: Black Ops, WMD, is now available worldwide for
download as a single player demo on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the
Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and on
PlayStationNetwork.

Revered as one of the most gripping levels in the blockbuster
title that shattered entertainment records, WMD is a heart-pounding
experience that takes players deep behind enemy lines as an elite
Black Ops operative engaged in covert warfare, classified
operations and explosive conflict. Players defy death every step of
the way as they infiltrate Soviet airspace in the SR-71, the most
advanced, high-altitude, long range strategic aircraft imaginable.
Deep behind enemy lines, players will engage in intense combat in
the harshest of conditions, and scale a formidable, hidden enemy
base perched atop a snow-filled mountain range.

Created by Treyarch and published by Activision Publishing,
Inc., Call of Duty: Black Ops is rated “M” (Mature) by the ESRB for
Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Language. Fans can also
look for the Call of Duty®: Black Ops First Strike map pack
available now on Xbox LIVE® and scheduled for release on
PlayStation Network on March 3. For additional Call of Duty®
updates, visit www.callofduty.com/blackops and also via Twitter
@Treyarch.

SEATTLE, Washington – January 18, 2011
— PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual video games, today
announced the widely anticipated North American release of Plants
vs. Zombies™ for the Nintendo DS®. Expertly adapted in the PopCap
tradition, the game features all of the engaging gameplay included
in the PC edition —Adventure, Survival and Puzzle modes—while
adding multiplayer action, plus four all-new, exclusive mini-games
and 14 achievements. Available immediately in North America, the
game carries an SRP of US$19.95. Plants vs. Zombies for the
Nintendo DS will also be available in international markets in the
coming weeks.

In the next several weeks, PopCap will also launch a DSiWare
version of Plants vs. Zombies. The title will contain Adventure
mode gameplay, all four of the new mini-games from the DS
adaptation and one DSiWare exclusive mini-game, Zombie Trap.

“Plants vs. Zombies is already a fan favorite on PC, iPhone,
iPad, and Xbox, and with this latest incarnation, we’re bringing
something special to DS enthusiasts that’ll keep players equally
enthralled,” said Ed Allard, head of worldwide studios at PopCap.
“Four modes of dual-screen play, multiplayer action, four all-new
mini-games, and 14 achievements offer a great combination of
original gameplay and unique features that makes the backyard
battle for brains fresh and fun.”

Plants vs. Zombies for the Nintendo DS has been tuned
specifically for dual-screen gameplay and features multiplayer
action via an ad-hoc wireless network in the game’s Versus mode,
where players can go head-to-head against one another as
sunflowers, or zombies. Along with this, and all three modes of
original content, the game introduces unique non-stop action:

World's Most Popular Puzzle Game Series Celebrates
10th Anniversary With First Sequel in Six Years

SEATTLE, Washington, and DUBLIN, Ireland – December 7, 2010 —
PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced
the immediate availability of Bejeweled® 3, the first true sequel
to its beloved flagship franchise in more than six years. With
twice the game modes of its predecessor as well as eight mini-games
and a complete revision of sound and graphics, Bejeweled 3 is a
quantum leap forward in the match-3 category pioneered by the
original Bejeweled. The game is available today on PopCap.com and
major portal partners such as MSN Games, Pogo.com, Steam, GameHouse
and WildTangent, as well as at retail outlets throughout North
America including Walmart, Target, Best Buy, GameStop, and
Amazon.com, at a suggested retail price of US$19.95.

Beyond crystal-sharp, high-definition graphics (1920 x 1200 in
"ultra" mode) and a catchy new soundtrack, Bejeweled 3 boasts eight
different modes containing a cornucopia of new game experiences.
Among those, four our all-new "secret" modes (Butterflies, Diamond
Mine, Ice Storm and Poker) provide exciting new interpretations of
the Bejeweled theme. Proclaim your prowess across all the new modes
and mini-games by maxing out 65 achievement badges and topping the
high score lists, or check your progress with the fun statistics at
the end of each game.

“I've played Bejeweled nearly every day for 9 years, and have
been astounded at how much more there is to explore and enjoy in
Bejeweled 3 than in previous editions,” said Cindy Morrison, aka
Julia Gemstone, author of the unofficial strategy guides for
Bejeweled 2, Bejeweled Blitz, and now Bejeweled 3. “Not only do I
get to play my favorite Bejeweled game with new gems and Hypercube
matches, but the new Quest mode and secret mini-games are beyond
incredible fun! I expected fantastic, and it's so much more than
that. My hat's off to PopCap!”

In Bejeweled 3, Classic mode delivers all the untimed match-3
fun millions of players know and love, but with several new twists,
like the powerful Star gem. Fans of Bejeweled Blitz will enjoy the
electrifying new Lightning mode, which offers all-out,
beat-the-clock action. Zen offers a relaxing endless mode loaded
with options for meditation and stress relief, including breath
modulation, ambient sounds, binaural beats and mantras for focusing
your thoughts. (All Zen mode options can be combined and adjusted
in virtually infinite ways to create each player's own custom
"mental vacation.") And for puzzle fans, Quest mode offers dozens
of unique variants, like Balance and Alchemy, which will test
players' skills as they try to restore five lost relics.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – September 28, 2010 – Electronic Arts
Inc. announced today that EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 11 is available
in stores throughout North America today and will launch across
Europe and Asia beginning Sept. 30. Localized into 18 languages and
available in 51 countries, FIFA Soccer 11 is the most popular^
sports videogame in the world. It will be available for the
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame
and entertainment system, Wii™, PC, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2,
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), iPhone® and iPod® touch. FIFA Soccer
11 for Wii will be available throughout North America beginning
Oct. 4 and on Nintendo DS throughout Europe and Asia on Oct. 8.

FIFA Soccer 11 reinvents player authenticity–on and off the
ball–-with all-new Personality+. Individual abilities are now
reflected in-game, allowing clear differentiation for every player
on the pitch. Plus, players will experience true freedom in
man-to-man interactions with 360° Fight for Possession that
transforms physical play from lateral jostling to full 360°
collisions and new Pro Passing, where pass accuracy is determined
by a gamer’s ability on the control pad, and player skill,
situation and urgency on the pitch.

My Live Season premium service for FIFA Soccer 11 on Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3, which enables subscribers to feel the weekly
pulse of soccer with dynamic updates of real-world information,
will be available beginning Sept. 29. The My Live Season premium
service will feature weekly updates of player form, transfers,
injuries, suspensions, fixtures, results and league standings for
Barclay’s Premier League, La Liga BBVA, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and
Serie A. My Live Season is valued at $4.99 for the ongoing season
on PlayStation Network and 400 points on Xbox Live Marketplace for
each individual league. A package of all leagues is available for
$9.99 for the ongoing season on PlayStation Network and 800 points
on Xbox Live Marketplace.

FIFA Soccer 11 will feature Online Pass*, a one-time use
registration code with each Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 copy sold
new at retail which allows access to online services and
features.

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IRVINE, Calif. -- September 1, 2010 -- Blizzard Entertainment,
Inc. today announced that StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ has sold
over 3 million copies worldwide in the first month of its release,
building on the game’s momentum as the bestselling PC game of 2010
and the fastest-selling real-time strategy game of all time.*

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was released simultaneously in
North America, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia,
Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,
the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on
July 27. With day-one sales topping 1 million copies, StarCraft II:
Wings of Liberty became the bestselling PC game of 2010 within its
first 24 hours of availability. The game went on to sell more than
1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours, setting the record for
fastest-selling strategy game of all time, and has won numerous
critical accolades, including multiple editor’s choice awards from
major gaming publications.

"We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world
have shown for StarCraft II," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder
of Blizzard Entertainment. "It was important to us to deliver an
overall gameplay experience that was accessible, balanced, and fun,
and it’s been gratifying to see how strongly the global community
has already embraced the game."

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard
Entertainment’s 1998 hit StarCraft, which has been hailed by
players and critics worldwide as one of the top real-time strategy
games of all time. Sporting a vibrant 3D-graphics engine, StarCraft
II once again centers on the clash between the protoss, terrans,
and zerg, with each side deploying legions of veteran, upgraded,
and new unit types. Unparalleled online play for StarCraft II is
available through a new version of Battle.net®, Blizzard
Entertainment's world-renowned gaming service. Battle.net has been
redesigned from the ground up to be the premier online gaming
destination for Blizzard gamers, with several enhancements and new
features, such as voice communication, cloud file storage, leagues
and ladders, achievements, stat-tracking, and more.

SANTA MONICA, CA – July 6, 2010 – Summer is in full swing and
the only thing more blistering then the July sun is the guitar
solos, drum fills and vocal ranges in the 12 new additions to the
Guitar Hero® music library. Compatible with both Activision
Publishing, Inc.’s Guitar Hero® 5 and Band Hero®, as well as
forward compatible with Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock when it’s
released this fall, these latest additions to the music library
will feature tracks from GRAMMY® Hall of Fame Award winners Queen,
heavy metal rockers Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed, and the Guitar
Hero debut of hard rock band, Shinedown.

To kick things off, world-renowned British rock band, Queen,
returns to Guitar Hero with an all-new three song track pack that
will satisfy both Queen and Guitar Hero fans alike. Available for
download beginning today, the Queen 2 Track Pack will feature three
of their biggest hits, including “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,”
“Killer Queen” and “Somebody To Love.”

Before American rock band Avenged Sevenfold rips it up in the
on-disc set list for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock when it hits
stores this September, they’ll first bring three killer tracks to
the Guitar Hero music library on July 13. The Avenged Sevenfold
Track Pack will allow fans to shred along with three hit singles,
“Afterlife,” “Almost Easy” and “Scream,” from their self-titled,
fourth studio album.

Gamers looking to experience the hard rock, musical stylings of
Disturbed should grab their axes, drumsticks and microphones and
get ready for the Disturbed Track Pack on July 20, which features
“Down With The Sickness,” the second single off their debut album,
The Sickness, “Stricken,” the lead single off the band’s third
studio album, Ten Thousand Fists, and “Indestructible” the fourth
single off their fourth studio album similarly titled,
Indestructible.

Continuing to provide compelling ways for gamers to experience
and interact with premier music like never before, the Guitar Hero
music library is proud to announce Shinedown’s debut Guitar Hero
appearance. Starting July 27, fans can enjoy the Shinedown Track
Pack, which features “Devour,” “Second Chance” and “Sound of
Madness,” three of the biggest hits off their certified Platinum
album, The Sound of Madness.

New York, NY - June 3, 2010 - 2K Sports announced today that
14-time NBA All-Star, five-time NBA Most Valuable Player, six-time
NBA World Champion and recent Hall of Fame inductee, Michael
Jordan, will appear on the cover of NBA® 2K11. Jordan, who is
considered by many as the greatest basketball player in history,
will fittingly team up with the NBA 2K series, the top rated and
top selling basketball simulation video game*.

"It's an honor to be featured on the cover of NBA 2K11," said
Jordan, current majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. "I have no
doubt that NBA 2K11 will be a big hit with gamers and basketball
fans alike. I'm looking forward to getting back out onto the court,
virtually. Let's hope they get my dunk from the foul line
right."

2K Sports is paying homage to the NBA legend by placing him on
the cover of its award-winning franchise. NBA 2K11 will continue to
build upon the outstanding success of the NBA 2K series with
continued improvements to the graphics, gameplay, signature styles
and game modes seen in previous iterations.

"Without a doubt, Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time and
we're excited to partner with a living legend," said Greg Thomas,
president of product development for 2K Sports. "Working with
Jordan adds tremendously to our game and lets us do things with NBA
2K11 that we've never been able to do before."

NBA 2K11 is not yet rated by the ESRB and will be available
October 5, 2010. For more information, please visit www.2ksports.com/nba2k11.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 1, 2010—The Sims are working hard for
the simoleons. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. today
announced that The Sims™ 3 Ambitions Expansion Pack*, the second
expansion pack to the best-selling PC game of calendar 2009**, The
Sims 3, is available at retail nationwide and for digital download
today for the PC and Mac. The game will be in stores worldwide in
60 countries and in 20 languages this week.

“The Sims community has long wanted to control their Sims
actions at work and now with the seamless open neighborhood those
actions have a direct impact on the town and other Sims,” said
Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims at EA. “Offering a variety
of new and exciting careers, players can choose to complete their
work tasks in a heroic manner or take the deviant route.”

The Sims 3 Ambitions allows players to pursue a variety of
exciting careers in their Sims’ lives that in turn affect their
overall gameplay experience and neighborhood. Players can choose to
hunt down vengeful spirits as the ghost hunter, invent brilliant
and potentially destructive gadgets as an inventor, craft glorious
masterpieces as a sculptor, dole out experimental medicine as a
doctor, save lives as a firefighter, and solve riveting cases by
any means necessary as an investigator with dozens of cases to
solve and numerous clues to find. For the first time, players will
be in charge of how their Sims’ career progresses and decide if
they will work for good or evil, pursue creative endeavors or
technical affairs, change the town for the better or wreak havoc on
everyone’s homes. Choices made while playing the new careers and
activities such as stylist, architecture designer and tattoo artist
directly impact the look and feel of the town and other Sims. For
example, as a player you get to determine what a Sims’ new
appearance will look like, whether that be a hip makeover or a new
tattoo fit for a rockstar. Additionally, players will be able to
explore Twinbrook, an entirely new playable town in The Sims 3
Ambitions, where they will be able to meet new locals, explore
their surroundings and find new employment opportunities.

There will also be a hot, new soundtrack to go along with the
gameplay. Over a dozen new artists have laid down their tracks in
Simlish including GRAMMY Award-winners Lady Antebellum and Toni
Braxton, and new-comers Rise Against, Charice, Neon Trees, The
Acorn and more! Players will want to turn up the volume and sing
along with the new Simlish songs.

The Sims 3 Ambitions will also be available for feature phones,
iPhone and iPod touch in late 2010 from EA Mobile™. These versions
will have customized mobile gameplay features, which will be
revealed in the coming months and will not require a base game to
play. For information on carrier availability and pricing for all
EA Mobile games, please visit www.eamobile.com.